MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (16mm, 16.08 g).

Triton XXIV
Lot: 635. Estimated: $ 3 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Electrum

Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (16mm, 16.08 g). Orestes, nude but for chlamys tied at neck and hanging behind, holding [sword] in his lowered right hand, left hand resting on omphalos to right, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 165; Greenwell 72; Boston MFA 1532 = Warren 1488; SNG BN –; BMC 74; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2199. Toned, compact flan. Good VF. Very rare, one of only seven in CoinArchives.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Friend of a Scholar Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 1415; Lanz 54 (12 November 1990), lot 195.


The final winners of all Triton XXIV lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 January 2021. This lot is in Session Two, which begins 19 January 2021 at 2 PM ET.

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